diff --git a/go/cache/ristretto/bloom/bbloom_test.go b/go/cache/ristretto/bloom/bbloom_test.go
index 960fb034e6..c0f9a916d1 100644
--- a/go/cache/ristretto/bloom/bbloom_test.go
+++ b/go/cache/ristretto/bloom/bbloom_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	wordlist1 = make([][]byte, n)
 	for i := range wordlist1 {
 		b := make([]byte, 32)
-		rand.Read(b)
+		_, _ = rand.Read(b)
 		wordlist1[i] = b
 	}
 	fmt.Println("\n###############\nbbloom_test.go")
diff --git a/go/streamlog/streamlog.go b/go/streamlog/streamlog.go
index 32fdb6be24..53636264d9 100644
--- a/go/streamlog/streamlog.go
+++ b/go/streamlog/streamlog.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (logger *StreamLogger) LogToFile(path string, logf LogFormatter) (chan inte
 		for {
 			select {
 			case record := <-logChan:
-				logf(f, formatParams, record)
+				logf(f, formatParams, record) // nolint:errcheck
 			case <-rotateChan:
 				f.Close()
 				f, _ = os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
diff --git a/go/streamlog/streamlog_flaky_test.go b/go/streamlog/streamlog_flaky_test.go
index 1dd987da5a..8c67b57abb 100644
--- a/go/streamlog/streamlog_flaky_test.go
+++ b/go/streamlog/streamlog_flaky_test.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func TestFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Send the rotate signal which should reopen the original file path
 	// for new logs to go to
-	syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGUSR2)
+	_ = syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGUSR2)
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	logger.Send(&logMessage{"test 4"})
diff --git a/go/vt/binlog/tables_filter_test.go b/go/vt/binlog/tables_filter_test.go
index aa4fa36b77..abdf8a44b6 100644
--- a/go/vt/binlog/tables_filter_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/binlog/tables_filter_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestTablesFilterPass(t *testing.T) {
 		got = bltToString(reply)
 		return nil
 	})
-	f(eventToken, statements)
+	_ = f(eventToken, statements)
 	want := `statement: <6, "set1"> statement: <7, "dml1 /* _stream included1 (id ) (500 ); */"> statement: <7, "dml2 /* _stream included2 (id ) (500 ); */"> position: "MariaDB/0-41983-1" `
 	if want != got {
 		t.Errorf("want\n%s, got\n%s", want, got)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestTablesFilterSkip(t *testing.T) {
 		got = bltToString(reply)
 		return nil
 	})
-	f(eventToken, statements)
+	_ = f(eventToken, statements)
 	want := `position: "MariaDB/0-41983-1" `
 	if want != got {
 		t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", want, got)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestTablesFilterDDL(t *testing.T) {
 		got = bltToString(reply)
 		return nil
 	})
-	f(eventToken, statements)
+	_ = f(eventToken, statements)
 	want := `position: "MariaDB/0-41983-1" `
 	if want != got {
 		t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", want, got)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestTablesFilterMalformed(t *testing.T) {
 		got = bltToString(reply)
 		return nil
 	})
-	f(eventToken, statements)
+	_ = f(eventToken, statements)
 	want := `position: "MariaDB/0-41983-1" `
 	if want != got {
 		t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", want, got)
diff --git a/go/vt/dbconfigs/dbconfigs_test.go b/go/vt/dbconfigs/dbconfigs_test.go
index 7ddc131564..2223990d6c 100644
--- a/go/vt/dbconfigs/dbconfigs_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/dbconfigs/dbconfigs_test.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func hupTest(t *testing.T, tmpFile *os.File, oldStr, newStr string) {
 	if pass != oldStr {
 		t.Fatalf("%s's Password should still be '%s'", oldStr, oldStr)
 	}
-	syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGHUP)
+	_ = syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGHUP)
 	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // wait for signal handler
 	_, _, err := cs.GetUserAndPassword(oldStr)
 	if err != ErrUnknownUser {
diff --git a/go/vt/vtadmin/cluster/cluster_test.go b/go/vt/vtadmin/cluster/cluster_test.go
index 7a77598a75..0c88ea69ce 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtadmin/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtadmin/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ func TestGetSchema(t *testing.T) {
 		err := c.Vtctld.Dial(ctx)
 		require.NoError(t, err, "could not dial test vtctld")
 
-		c.GetSchema(ctx, "testkeyspace", cluster.GetSchemaOptions{
+		_, _ = c.GetSchema(ctx, "testkeyspace", cluster.GetSchemaOptions{
 			BaseRequest: req,
 			Tablets:     []*vtadminpb.Tablet{tablet},
 		})
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/engine/set.go b/go/vt/vtgate/engine/set.go
index f15c506c50..cdf13da57d 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/engine/set.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/engine/set.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func (svss *SysVarSetAware) Execute(vcursor VCursor, env evalengine.ExpressionEn
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		vcursor.Session().SetSQLSelectLimit(intValue)
+		vcursor.Session().SetSQLSelectLimit(intValue) // nolint:errcheck
 	case sysvars.TransactionMode.Name:
 		str, err := svss.evalAsString(env)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/queryservice/fakes/stream_health_query_service.go b/go/vt/vttablet/queryservice/fakes/stream_health_query_service.go
index d3426e96df..24882d84d4 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/queryservice/fakes/stream_health_query_service.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/queryservice/fakes/stream_health_query_service.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (q *StreamHealthQueryService) Execute(ctx context.Context, target *querypb.
 // the healthcheck module.
 func (q *StreamHealthQueryService) StreamHealth(ctx context.Context, callback func(*querypb.StreamHealthResponse) error) error {
 	for shr := range q.healthResponses {
-		callback(shr)
+		callback(shr) // nolint:errcheck
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_query.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_query.go
index 1372052643..419124e7b4 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_query.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_query.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (tm *TabletManager) ExecuteFetchAsDba(ctx context.Context, query []byte, db
 	if dbName != "" {
 		// This execute might fail if db does not exist.
 		// Error is ignored because given query might create this database.
-		conn.ExecuteFetch("USE "+sqlescape.EscapeID(dbName), 1, false)
+		_, _ = conn.ExecuteFetch("USE "+sqlescape.EscapeID(dbName), 1, false)
 	}
 
 	// run the query
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (tm *TabletManager) ExecuteFetchAsAllPrivs(ctx context.Context, query []byt
 	if dbName != "" {
 		// This execute might fail if db does not exist.
 		// Error is ignored because given query might create this database.
-		conn.ExecuteFetch("USE "+sqlescape.EscapeID(dbName), 1, false)
+		_, _ = conn.ExecuteFetch("USE "+sqlescape.EscapeID(dbName), 1, false)
 	}
 
 	// run the query
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_schema.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_schema.go
index 5a5b1425d6..879dc63001 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_schema.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_schema.go
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ func (tm *TabletManager) ApplySchema(ctx context.Context, change *tmutils.Schema
 	}
 
 	// and if it worked, reload the schema
-	tm.ReloadSchema(ctx, "")
+	tm.ReloadSchema(ctx, "") // nolint:errcheck
 	return scr, nil
 }